Punjab Government on Tuesday announced a financial grant of Rs 20,000 per month to the families of 40 people from the State stuck in strife-torn Iraq's Mosul area.
“The grant would be paid till further orders in order to bail out the families from the financial stringency in these difficult times,” said a spokesperson of the State Government. Besides, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal asked all the Deputy Commissioners to personally visit the families of people who have safely returned from the war-ravaged country to extend them all possible help and support. He also directed his Cabinet colleagues to keep close liaison with the aggrieved families, whose kin had either arrived or still trapped in Iraq, to ensure all sort of necessary support besides apprising them about the steps being taken for their early return. “This initiative on the part of Ministers and deputy commissioners would go a long way in instilling a sense of confidence and belongingness among them,” said Badal.